Overturned Truck!

 

I was in the States from June until mid December when I returned to Africa where I work in a Christian Hospital. I sent some UHaul Cartons of purchases to a shipping company so that they could be shipped to me. About two weeks ago I heard that the ship had docked and that my "stuff" was in the country.

Today two trucks hauled container stuff about 350 miles from the capital city to the hospital. Well, they tried to haul the stuff. It RAINED ALL DAY. It was very slippery. Between our town and the next larger one there are road men working the dirt road and then with the rain it made it VERY SLIPPERY. One of the two trucks TURNED OVER. It was the one with our personal cartons on board.

A third truck was sent to the scene of the accident twice to haul our things to us. Yeah! All of my carton arrived. They were quite wet but there was no damage inside. WooHoo!

Today's Positives:
1. No one was injured when the truck overturned.
2. The third truck slipped off the road twice on it's return with our things. It was able to get back on the road.
3. All my cartons arrived and there was no water damage.
4. My Scale arrived! Yeah!!!
5. My cartons are all unpacked and most of the things put away!
6. Four out of five days of auditing is DONE!
7. Several friends are helping me get things done, thus decreasing my stress level.
8. God is my Strength and my Joy!

Continuous Chest Compression CPR - Mayo Clinic Presentation

One Million Step Challenge!

I am on a 140 day Challenge which started January 24th. It is through AARP and is through a program called: Step up to Better Health. The goal of the challenge is to walk 1,000,000 steps!

When I started the challenge the recommended daily steps was just over 7000 daily. At that time I was doing up to 10,000 steps on many days so my Average steps were about 8500 per day. Then my heel started hurting (plantar fasciitis) and I dropped my walking down to 6000 steps on most days. Well, My Average steps since January 24th now is 7255 per day. In order to finish the challenge in the required 140 days, I will need to get an average of 6998 steps per day until the end of the challenge. I need to step up my 6000 goal most days to be able to do this. We'll see how my heel does. My heel is feeling some better.

The goal of this 140 day challenge is to walk 1,000,000 steps! As of last night, I had walked 573,146 steps!
Today's Goal: 6998     Today's Steps: 0    Steps so far: 573,146    Average: 7255

Also.... I am doing this challenge along with twelve other Missionaries who live and work in Africa.


Today's Positives:
1. It is early evening and I have about 5500 steps today so I will go over my needed steps for the day.
2. I got a lot of work done at the Nursing School office this morning.
3. I started planning the program of the students Graduation Ceremony today. They graduate on May 9th.
4. I took my material for a graduation dress to the Tailors. I found he was already working on other Nursing Student's Graduation outfits! The students had given me the material for my dress to look like their outfits.

Nearing the End!

Nearing the end of WHAT? In September 2007 I proctored an entrance exam for the Bongolo Nursing School. This photo was taken during the first two weeks of orientation for the new class which started in January 2008. I was helping to teach practical techniques, like using a wheelchair.

Tomorrow I will start teaching the students' last class before graduation. It will be a 2 1/2 week intensive course in Ethics and Nursing Management.  The first week in May the students will take comprehensive exams over all their courses from the 29 month schooling. Then Graduation is scheduled for May 9th.

The class of 2008-2010 is nearing the end of their formal schooling! Then the cycle will repeat itself with Entrance exams scheduled for June 12th.

Today's Positives:
1. I've had a nice two weeks free from teaching.
2. Classes start again tomorrow.
3. I went shopping today and bought groceries for the week.